Sunday, October 16, 2016

Five Favorite Soups For When You Are Under the Weather for Souper (Soup, Salad, & Sammie) Sundays

I did not make a big pot of soup this week. In truth, this week got the best of me between work projects and an asthma flare up and I spent most of this weekend sleeping. I have been switching between heating up soup from the freezer and shuffling to the kitchen to heat broth and stir in miso, but I have no new recipe to share this week. Not to fear, there are more than 400 soup recipes on this blog and it's also the eighth anniversary of Souper Sundays this month, so this week I bring you a recap of my favorite restorative soups from over the years. These are the soups that I want when I feel blah, or sick, or sad, or tired. A couple are from my meat/poultry-eating days, the rest are vegan or vegetarian, and they are all perfect for whatever ails you and delicious enough to eat when you are feeling fine. Today would have been my mom's 85th Birthday and I miss her very much. When I think of comfort food her Chicken Barley Soup, February 2009, always comes to mind. It's chock full of veggies, potatoes, chicken and lots of barley and it was always made with love.

Elephants' CureChicken Soupby Scott Weaver, executive chef, Elephants Delicatessen, January 2010. This soup from a popular Portland, Oregon deli says that it contains, "a
rich and spicy broth that's loaded with ginger, garlic, lemon grass and
serrano chiles, a potent blend of ingredients that have known curative
powers." I will attest to it clearing out my sinuses when I made it. ;-)

Ginger-Lemongrass Miso Soupfrom The Candle Cafe Cookbook by Joy Pierson & Bart Potenza, March 2010. There is a simplicity of ingredients in this soup but the ginger and lemongrass add a flavor punch and a bowl leaves you feeling refreshed and renewed.

Garlic Soup with Chickpeas and Harissa, from Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi, July 2013. A delicious and immune-boosting soupfull of
alliums like shallots and garlic, with some ginger and spicy pepper paste, to clear out those sinus passages, and it's satisfying to boot.

Ginger Tofu Soupfrom Moosewood Restaurant: Cooking for Health, October 2012.Thistakes
the place of chicken soup when you want a veg-friendly, no-meat
restorative cure-all for a stuffed up head. There is enough powerful
ginger and garlic to clear the sinuses and the rice and tofu add
substance. It's also incredibly quick and easy to make, good for when
the last thing you feel like doing is spending time cooking.

There you have it--five favorites from over the years. Any of these soups should have you feeling better soon. What's your favorite restorative soup to make or eat?We have some good friends in the Souper Sundays kitchen who shared some delicious dishes last week--let's have a look!

Melynda of Our Sunday Cafeshares two dishes this week. First is her Pan Roasted Butternut Squash Collard Greens and Potato Chowder. She says, "I had not cooked with collard greens before, and their peppery flavor is
a pleasant surprise. But using greens in a soup like this is such an
easy way to get more vegetables on the table and into your family. Which
is always a good thing! This is not a sweet butternut squash soup, as
most are. Instead, it is savory, warming and very good for you."

Next Melynda shared this Red Beet Salad with Cranberry Maple Vinaigrette and said, "With autumn here and the holidays looming (in a good way!) this salad
was a natural to put together, and the taste, let me tell you it is
wonderful. Maple, beet, and feta might seem like a mismatched trio, but
in truth, they play very well together."

Judee from Gluten free A-Z Blog made her Grandmother'sHealthy Green Sorrel Soupand said, "Sorrel is a leafy green that looks similar to spinach but has a powerful
lemony flavor. It can be cooked and eaten like spinach or made into a
soup. Either way, sorrel is tangy and delicious. This recipe for homemade sorrel soup, or "Schav" as my Russian
grandmother called it, is a simple family recipe that my grandmother
made in the old country."

Join me in Welcoming Ali of Fix Me a Little Lunch to the Souper Sundays kitchen. She joins us this week with "Magic" Chicken Orzo Soup inspired by a J.D. Robb book, saying "Peabody and Dallas stop for soup in between interviews of murder
suspects and Dallas calls the soup “magic” – it’s just how good it is. ... Since soup is one of my favorite foods, I’ve been thinking a lot lately
about what my “magic” soup is and decided it would be chicken noodle
soup of some sort. ... I
decided I was going to poach some chicken breasts, with both skin and
bone still on and in, and magic up some stock. Combined with a lot of
garlic, a little bit of green chili, and orzo, I think this soup could
make even Eve Dallas come back for seconds."

Debbie of The Friday Friends shared Paella Soup and says, "It had all the ingredients of Paella, but in soup form. I have
to be honest---I did not buy saffron. I've spent a lot of money on
ingredients that I only need a tsp of, and had no qualms about doing so
... but I just couldn't do it for the saffron. So, I Googled it and
found out there is really no substitute spice for saffron. I did
find one mixture that comes close: turmeric and paprika. ... This soup is filled with chicken and sausage and shrimp. A really good main dish soup!"

Mahalo to everyone who joinedin this week!

Souper Sundays is back with a new format of a picture link each week where anyone
interested can post their soups, salads, or sandwiches any time during the week and I post a recap of the entries the following week.)

(If you
aren't familiar with Souper Sundays, you can read about of the origins of it here.If you would like to join in Souper (Soup, Salad, and Sammie) Sundays, I would love to have you! Here's how...To join in this week's linkup with your soup, salad or sandwich:

Link up your soup (stew, chili, soupy curries, etc. are fine), salad, or sandwich dish, (preferably one from the current week or month--but we'll take older posts too) on the picture link below and leave a comment on this post so I am sure not to miss you.

5 comments:

Thanks for the link up format. I hope you feel better soon. I am sharing a soup I like when I am sick. It is easy to make even when you feel bad. A basket of the ingredients and the recipe is great to bring to someone who is under the weather too.

I, sorry to hear you have been feeling poorly. And an anniversary or birthday of one we love can put one in the dumps for sure. (Big hugs)This week I have a dynamite sale to share. I was all ready to linkup and missed the linkup closing, our pup had an emergency and so, $750 later, she is in the mend. Now that our life is returning to normal I can get back to cooking and posting!

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